Classe Audio CA-5200 configuring amplifier turn-ondelay/amp no, Make your preamp connections

configuring amplifier turn-on delay/amp no.

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In a system that contains multiple Classé amplifiers, you may set the number of seconds of turn-on delay for each amplifier, allowing each to turn on in the order you have specified, rather than all at once. This number also acts as an ID when using the CAN-Bus. (Having several powerful amplifiers all turning on at the same time can sometimes stress the AC mains in your home, potentially leading to nuisance tripping of circuit breakers).

For example, to set the delay for two seconds (and to designate a particular amplifier as #2):

•Place the amplifier in standby (Standby LED on)

•Press and hold the Mode button until both Channel LEDs are lit. When released, both LEDs will blink to indicate the turn-on delay and current number of the amplifier (e.g. once to indicate a one second delay and amplifier #1).

•If you want to change the current amplifier number setting, press and hold the Mode button again until both Channel LEDs are on.

•While continuing to hold the Mode button, press the Select button two times (the same number as the desired delay in seconds and the amplifier number);

•Release the Mode button. The amplifier will confirm your choice by blinking the Channel LEDs twice.

4.Make your preamp connections.

With the amplifier in standby (or disconnected from the AC mains), and using high quality interconnecting cables, make the appropriate connections with the balanced or single-ended connectors (as configured in Step 3).

Make sure all the connections are snug, even if it means gently squeezing the outer shell of the RCA with pliers and reinserting it to tighten the connection.

5.Make your speaker connections.

Make the connection between the output terminals of the amplifier and your loudspeakers, using high quality speaker wires.

Connect the black (–) terminals on the amplifier to the black (–) terminals on your speaker, and the red (+) terminals on the amplifier to the red (+) terminals on your speaker.

If bi-wiring, run a total of four conductors between each amplifier channel and its corresponding loudspeaker: two separate +/– leads, one for the bass and the other for the mids and treble. Make sure that no wires cross between the red (+) and black (–) terminals, at either end.

Make sure all the connections are snug and cannot be easily wiggled free, but do not overtighten them. If you can give the speaker wires a reasonable tug without movement, they are snug. Further tightening will not make a better connection, and (taken to the extreme) may damage the connectors.